The actors of the Partridge Family – David Cassidy, Shirley Jones, Susan Dey, Brian Forster, Suzanne Crough and Danny Bonaduce – pose in 1970. Cassidy has filed a lawsuit against Sony claiming it broke a 1971 contract over the use of his likenessPhotograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Snoop Dogg has surprised the Welsh farmer Ian Neale with a YouTube video congratulating him on growing the world's largest swede, which has made it into the Guinness World Records at 38kg (6st). "Shout out to my homeboy Ian Neale in Cardiff for breaking the world record for the biggest vegetable," Snoop said, standing in front of a giant image of cannabis plants

Smokey Robinson and the Miracles in the early 1960s. Marv Tarplin (centre, with guitar), who has died aged 70, remained the musical lieutenant of the group's leader, Smokey Robinson, for almost half a century until his retirement in 2008Read the full obituary
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The Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who has died aged 56, holding an iPod, which revolutionised the music industry, led to a collapse in CD sales and made Jobs one of the most powerful voices in an industry he loved